bandbox
[adjective]
Synonyms: dapper, doggish, doggy, natty, sassy, sparkish, spiffy, spruce, sprucy, well-groomed

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bandbox noun & adjective. ['bandbɒks] M17.
[from BAND noun² + BOX noun².]
A. noun. A lightweight paper-covered box for millinery (orig. for neckbands). M17.
look as if one came out of a bandbox & vars., look extremely smart.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Resembling a bandbox; providing little space; fragile, flimsy; conspicuously neat and smart. L18.
■ N. Shute It had come through the Grand Prix unscratched, in bandbox condition.

■ band'boxical adjective resembling a bandbox, esp. in providing little space L18.

■ bandboxy adjective = BANDBOX adjective M19.

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bandbox
ˈbændbɔks
See: look as if one has come out of a bandbox

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